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Catalog Number |
CAS 0216-0107A-C | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork; Lamps | |
| Object Name | Lamp | |
| Culture | Hindu (East Indian) | |
| Global Region | South-Central Asia | |
| Country | Nepal | |
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| Date of Manufacture | 1800s | |
| Collection Name | Allen Collection of Lamps | |
| Materials | Metal: Brass; Iron; Wire; Turquoise | |
| Description | Lamp composed of two half brass spheres on iron rims, each heavily pierced and cut out with central deity figure surrounded by 4 smaller figures with elaborate network of entwining flowers whose centers are set with small polished turquoise stones; Two half-spheres lock together to form globe, with small jar-shaped oil burner suspended inside by a gyroscopic mechanism which keeps the flame turned upright no matter the pitch of the globe; These lamps were rolled and thrown during use; Short chain for suspending lamp is attached to brass loop on rim of one half-sphere. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 25.0 | |